The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-24
TIRED OF LIFE.
Little Maud Garrison Yields i'm
Her Struggle With the
World.
Butte City Miner, My s,

butte City Miner, Nay .,
About 1890 o'clock yesterday
forenoon Maude Garrison died In her
room in the Lizzie block from the
effects of an overdose of Morphine.
With these few words the curtain
might be drawn, and all that remains
of the once sprightly little actress and
companionable woman could be
consigned to the grave and oblivion,
and the forgetting world would take
no further thought of the little one
whose young life was willingly laid
down to escape the sorrow, the
heartburnings and the 'dissapoint.
ments which for long, weary years
have followed her footsteps. But
little Maude's life story is that of
many others who are fighting an un.
equal battle with a cold, uncharit-
able werld, and who are too often
denied that sympathy and tenderness
which make their lives endurable, a
leaf or two are given, that the
thoughtless may learn:
"That many a shaft at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many a word at random spoken,
May soothe, or wound heart that's broken.
At the age of fifteen Maude CARR
SON was a wife and a mother. Soon
afterwards she was alone la the world.
Her parents were dead and her hus-
band had parted from her, taking
their only child. This broke the
young girls heart and destroyed her
life. Being slight in form, unable to
do hard work, and possessing talent
which fitted her for the stage she
drifted to it. During the past three
years she has filled engagements at
variety theatres. 1t was at the Casino
ia St. Louis, where her roommate,
Miss Eva Stanford, met her eight or
nine months ago. She told the story
of her wrongs and desolation to Miss
Stanford who Immediately became
deeply interested in her, and who
watched over her as an elder sister.
The two became very much attached
to each other, and about ten weeks
ago came to Butte to ELL an engage.
ment at the Comique. They occupied
the same apartment in the Lizzie
block and were seldom separated by
day and never at night. During the
past week or two Miss Stanford no
ticed that "Maudie" she always
called her-was disposed to be.
VERY DEsPoNDENT AT TIMES
and often talked about her child and
frequently expressed a wish to see it.
She wrote to her husband enquiring
after it, but no reply was made. Her
fits of dependency became deeper and
more frequent, and the wish to see or
hear from her child oftener expressed.
The evening before her death Miss
Stanford, noting her deep depression
of spirits, unfolded to Maudie her
plans for the future, in which the little
one was to be adopted and cared for
by Miss Stanford and another and a
higher life be sought. This seemed to
revive her, and during the night she
was more sprightly and cheerful than
she had been for weeks. But when
they came to their room in the early
hours of the morning Maudie again
became respondent and
TALKED ABOUT HER CHILD.
She soon, however, retired, but
Miss Stanford remained sitting at the
window with her back to the bed. 1t
was while Miss Stanford thus sat that
Maude took the poison and scrubbed
the few lines which were afterwards
found. When Miss Stanford retired
Maude was sleeping soundly and ap-
pareHtly naturally. About $50 in
the forenoon Miss Stanford was
awakened by the heavy breathing of
Maude. She Immediately tried to
arouse her. Not succeeding in this
she became alarmed and going to
another room called Miss Jennie Kim
ball. The two endeavored in vain to
awaken the sleeping girl and then
gave the alarm. Physicians were
sent for, and while the messenger
was gone slips Of paper were found
upon table in the room, upon one of
which were written the following
works:
81 have taken poison, whether it
be fatal or not. Nv troubles are too
much for me to BEAR" ''MAUDE"
Upon another were these words:
EVA, telegraph my friends, I hope
everybody will give me their bless
ing"
On the center table a folded paper
was found upon which was written
the word "poison." Within it was a
small quantity of morphine. When
the physicians arrived all hope was
gone. But every known remedy was